FHSM VP-401
Ectenosaurus clidastoides (Merriam, 1894)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
EctenosaurusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
clidastoidesClass
ReptiliaAuthor
MerriamOrder
SquamataYear
1894Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Sternberg, G.F.Date Collected
1953Identified By
Russell, D.A.Date Identified
1967-11-06Type
Number of Pieces
103Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, lacking posterior caudal region; Ichnofossil; Skin Impression, skin impressionsLocality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
TregoRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Smoky HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 10)
Everhart, M.J., 2004. New data regarding the skull of Dolichorhynchops osborni (Plesiosauroidea: Polycotylidae) from rediscovered photos of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology specimen.. Paludicola, 4:74-80
Everhart, M.J., 2004. Plesiosaurs as the food of mosasaurs; new data on the stomach contents of a Tylosaurus prorigor (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. The Mosasaur, 7:41-46
Konishi, T., Caldwell, M.W. 2011. Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) genera from the upper Cretaceous of North America, and global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31:754-783
Liggett, G.A., Shimada, K., Bennett, S.C., & Caldwell, M.W.. 2011. Three-dimensionally preserved integument reveals hydrodynamic adaptations in the extinct marine lizard Ectenosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae). PLoS ONE, 6:e27343 (5 pages)
Lindgern, J., . 2005. The First Record of Hainosaurus (Reptilia: Mosasauridae) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology, 79:1157-1165
Konishi, T., Jimenez-Huidobro, P., Caldwell, M.W. 2018. The smallest-known neonate individual of Tylosaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) sheds new light on the tylosaurine rostrum and heterochrony. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38:1-11
Willman, A.J., 2021. A new species of Ectenosaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from western Kansas, USA, reveals a novel suite of osteological characters for the genus. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. , :
Everhart, M.J., 2004. Late Cretaceous interaction between predators and prey. Evidence of feeding by two species of shark on a mosasaur. www.PalArch.nl., vertebrate paleontology, 1:2017-01-05
Everhart, M.J., 2005. Rapid evolution, diversification and distribution of mosasaurs (Reptilia; Squamata) prior to the K-T Boundary. 11th Annual Symposium in Paleontology and Geology, :16-27
Place, A., 2020. A Comprehensive Review of the Morphological Diversity of the Quadrate Bone in Mosasauroids (Squamata: Mosasauroidea), with comments on the Homology of the Infrastapedial Process. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40:e1879101